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.\" intel-microcode2ucode stub man page
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.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
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.\"
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.TH INTEL-MICROCODE2UCODE 8 "@DATE@" "MICROCODE_CTL @VERSION@"
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.\"
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.SH NAME
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intel\-microcode2ucode \- convert Intel microcode.dat file into ucode files
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.\"
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SY intel\-microcode2ucode
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.RI [ MICROCODE_FILE ]
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.YS
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B intel\-microcode2ucode
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parses Intel microcode combined text data file (which usually has name
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.BR microcode.dat )
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and splits it into individual binary microcode files that can be loaded by the
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Linux kernel.
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.LP
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Generated microcode files are placed into
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.B intel-ucode
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directory, which is created in the current working directory, and have file name
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format of
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.IR FF - MM - SS ,
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where
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.I FF
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is the CPU family number,
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.I MM
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is the model number, and
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.I SS
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is stepping.
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All three values are zero-filled to two digits and are hexadecimal
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(letters are in the lower case).
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.LP
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This tool is mostly of historic interest, as Intel ships separate microcode
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files now.
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.\"
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.I MICROCODE_FILE
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Path to the
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.B microcode.dat
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file.
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If no path has been provided, the default path
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.B /lib/firmware/microcode.dat
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is used.
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If
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.B -
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(single dash) is provided as an argument, data is read from the standard input.
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.\"
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.SH EXIT STATUS
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.TP
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.B 0
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Success.
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.TP
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.B 1
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Error occurred:
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temporary buffer cannot be allocated,
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input microcode file cannot be opened,
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microcode version and/or format are unknown,
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cannot open output file,
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cannot write to the output file.
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.\"
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.SH REPORTING BUGS
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Problems with
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.B intel-microcode2ucode
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should be reported to
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.UR https://bugzilla.redhat.com/
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Red Hat Bugzilla
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.UE
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.\"
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.SH AUTHORS
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.B intel-microcode2ucode
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was written by
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Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> and
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Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>.
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This manpage was written for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and may be
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used, modified, and/or distributed freely by anyone.
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.\"
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.UR https://gitlab.com\:/iucode-tool\:/iucode-tool
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iucode-tool, a tool for manipulating Intel microcode files
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.UE ,
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.LP
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.UR @MICROCODE_URL@
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Intel microcode
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.UE
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